Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Complutense University of Madrid
  • Start Date: 26 Oct, 2020
  • 5 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Learn what happens to the brain as neurodegenerative diseases progress and study the latest research on brain disorder prevention.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Explore the challenges of treating and preventing neurodegenerative diseases


There is a distinct difference between normal brain ageing and a brain affected by a neurodegenerative disease. This course will show you how patients diagnosed with brain and neurological disorders are affected and consider the impact of neurodegenerative disorders on our society.


Discover the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatments of common brain disorders


Led by experts in neuroscience at the Complutense University of Madrid, you’ll explore the several specific neuropathological events that occur due to different brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis.


You’ll consider the available treatments currently available for these diseases and learn about new lines of research that are ongoing to combat neurodegenerative disorders.


Develop your understanding of brain health


As well as exploring the pathology of common brain disorders, you’ll also develop your knowledge of how normal ageing impacts the brain as you learn what cognitive reserve is and how lifestyle influences brain health.


The neuroscience course is designed for anyone interested in the study of neuroscience.


The course will be of particular interest to bioscience students, teachers, and healthcare professionals, as well as brain disorder patients and caregivers.


You do not require any neuroscience background knowledge to follow the course.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Complutense University of Madrid

The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) is an institution with a long history and broad social recognition. The UCM aspires to be among the foremost universities in Europe, and to become a reference centre for Latin America.

With students as the focus of its activity, the UCM is committed to providing comprehensive training at the highest level. The quality of teaching is a hallmark of the University. Furthermore, Postgraduate programmes are our priority. Our Masters and Doctoral programmes have the necessary materials and human resources to guarantee excellence. The approach and the intensification of relations with society and with the productive environment will be a priority of the University in the coming years.

The UCM has enormous research potential, and many of its research teams occupy positions of leadership internationally. Our University is focused on developing excellence based on wide networks of quality groups, on boosting emerging groups, and on incorporating young researchers. And, of course, by linking research to education at all undergraduate and graduate levels.

The university’s administrative organisation is committed to customer service, simplifying the administrative process. Our activity is based on the principles of democracy, transparency, sustainability of the campus, virtual and real accessibility, preservation of the environment and commitment to the socio-economic environment.

The UCM is a renowned public university in the service of society, offering students a range of undergraduate and graduate programmes that are widely accepted in the workplace.

 

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

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